What can one say? Seems appropriate that a Cleveland publication would have a far more detailed tribute on Pekar than the New York Times--he is, as inspiration and collaborator Robert Crumb put it, "the soul of Cleveland." A little splendor has left our lives.

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Sienna
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Hello Noel, thanks for the great list! Have not seen a Pinoy movie in good long while because I was sick of the manure, but your post suddenly made me long to watch the gold nuggets (some of them again) I was wondering if you know of any resource where I can get copies? Online or otherwise. I'm in the States but can ask my sister in Manila to obtain a few DVds for me if they exist.

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Philippine cinema has its share of gold and manure, artists and poseurs; because the average Filipino film costs a little over US$250,000 (in 2004 currency) and is usually shot on a stretch of about twenty shooting days (or less), the manure is often more odious than what passes for commercial filmmaking in Hollywood nowadays; on the other hand, because budget and schedule are often so small and tight, the rare gold nugget found seems all the more impressive, bordering perhaps on the miraculous. Thanks to those nuggets, I still believe in miracles.